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dumpling
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dumpling has 2 senses
- dumpling(n = noun.food) dumplings - small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough; Array is a kind of alimentary paste, pasta
- dumpling(n = noun.food) Array - dessert made by baking fruit wrapped in pastry; Array is a kind of afters, dessert, sweet
has particulars: gnocchi, matzah ball, matzo ball, matzoh ball, won ton, wonton
has particulars: apple dumpling
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dumpling, n.
1 a a small ball of usu. suet, flour, and water, boiled in stew or water, and eaten. b a pudding consisting of apple or other fruit enclosed in dough and baked.
2 a small fat person.
1 a a small ball of usu. suet, flour, and water, boiled in stew or water, and eaten. b a pudding consisting of apple or other fruit enclosed in dough and baked.
2 a small fat person.
Etymology
app. dimin., of dump small round object, but recorded much earlier
THESAURUS
dumpling
Italian paste, blimp, fedellini, fettuccine, knaydlach, lasagne, macaroni, matzo balls, noodles, pasta, paste, ravioli, spaetzle, spaghetti, spaghettini, vermicelli, won ton, ziti
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